Tag Archives: creativity

The first ever Challenge of Simplicity weekend ran by Maggie took place at Melin Dolwion at the end of May 2015. One of the first exercises practiced during the weekend was ‘long notes.’ Long notes is one of the core vocal practices we do at the mill. We try to do it every morning for an hour. It involves dwelling within one note, exploring the different tonal qualities and sounds that can be woven from what appears to be a deceptively […]

Sharon Winfield from Union Jill wrote this rather splendid review of the Learning, Transforming, Technique weekend which took place early April this year. We hope to run the event again next year. Perhaps this write up will encourage you to come along in 2016… *** The weekend was designed to explore learning techniques and transformational education practices – but was not your average education weekend. We had decided to submit our show as a session not just to contribute to […]

A Weekend to Explore Transformative Educational Practices. Invitation for Proposals Join us for a residential weekend exploring learning techniques and transformational education practices in rural Wales. We invite you to submit ideas for learning sessions at this unique event. Be experimental and try new things out! Use noise, words, space, time, film, images, movement, singing, laughing, talking. This is not your average eduction weekend. We aim to explore the possibilities and the limits of learning, and in so doing, develop […]